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Dina Long Learns Leadership Through the Storm

Relentless optimism.That's the mindset it took for Mayor Dina Long and the tiny borough of Sea Bright to survive and recover from Superstorm Sandy. The coastal community had experienced storms and...

Crafting the Perfect New Jersey Brew

"Beer" and "New Jersey" were rarely used in the same sentence a decade ago, but that's all starting to change. With craft beer popularity on the rise, Carton Brewing Company, located in Atlantic...

Maker of Melodies: Anastasia Moiseeva

Being a maker takes time. It takes minutes to make friends, an hour to make dinner, days to make a dress, years to make a difference. For Anastasia Moiseeva, mastering the art of making has taken...

How Can Interns Make a Big Difference? Think Small

Internships can make or break you. That's how some college students feel anyway. If college students want to be successful in life, they must work hard to make something of themselves. Often times...

Bringing a Taste of Outer Space to TEDxNavesink Makers Gallery

Imagine working on a team with top researchers, scientists and technologists to create cutting edge technology to be used in future space missions. This is exactly what Steve Gaddis, director of...

Architecture Via Crowdsourcing? You Bet, Says Eric Clough

Think of the most famous sites in the world, The Eiffel Tower. Golden Gate Bridge. The Colosseum. All different parts of the world. All different shapes and sizes. But what’s the one simple and...

From Tacky to Trendy, Ugly Christmas Sweaters Make a Comeback

We used to wrinkle our noses when aunts, uncles, and grandparents would come over for the holidays dressed in the most hideous sweaters we'd ever seen. From snowmen made out of pom-poms to Santas...

School Just Got Cool on the Jersey Shore

Imagine students creating robotics, 3D printing, video games, and mid-air art suspension before their 18th birthday. This is not the beginning of a sci-fi Harry Potter novel; this is what's going on...

Making Art an Adventure

By Tom MorfordNothing transcends art. What you can say through self-expression comes in many forms and is the ultimate form of communication, knocking down barriers and unifying cultures. The...

#MakersofMonmouth Coming Soon to a Location Near You

We’re all makers. We make dinner. We make a living, and we’re homemakers. We make war, we make up, we make out, we make love, we make babies. We make choices. And sometimes we choose to make a...

Local Makers Invited to Bring Their Ideas and Products to Life During TEDxNavesink Conference

Are you a maker? Do you tinker and create with technology, bring your ideas to life with new inventions, create beautiful jewelry or furniture by hand, or make a difference in your community with...

8-Year-Old Proves Business Can Be Child’s Play

Maxwell Lanfrank is like most 8-year-old boys at the Jersey Shore: he loves the outdoors, he plays Pop Warner football, he goes fishing with his dad, and he’s a bit curious.But unlike most of his...